[MasterMind420]

L4D2 DownloadsTable Black Screen Fix - ENJOY!

INITIAL SETUP - Requires Sourcemod & MMSource to be installed.

1. Download and install SM File and Folder Precacher.

2. Setup the files or folders you want to be downloaded by clients.

3. Files must be on your Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated/Local server to work, as well as your webserver.

FAST DOWNLOAD SERVER - Required for servers to send files to clients properly without black screen.

1. Download and install DropBox or use any other webserver.

2. Copy all files into your DropBox Public folder or onto your webserver.

3. Setup file structure just like game directory (Example - left4dead2\scripts\melee) and place files in appropriate folders.

4. YOU MUST ADD THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR server.cfg.

sv_hosting_lobby "1" //Must be set for Direct Connect into server.
sv_allow_lobby_connect_only "1" //Or comment this out completely. Without this it will not work properly.

sv_downloadurl "" //Your DropBox or webserver link goes here.
sm_cvar sv_allowdownload "1" //Must be set, or remove it completely from your server.cfg.

5. If using DropBox goto any file, not folder, in your Public folder and right click it, goto DropBox and select, copy public link.

Now copy the link into sv_downloadurl in your server.cfg

Should look like this.
sv_downloadurl "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133773/left4dead2/scripts/melee/riotshield.txt"

Now remove the last parts of the link until it looks like this.
sv_downloadurl "http://dl.dropbox.com/u/133773/left4dead2/"

6. You are ready to go! No more black screen on clients downloading files from your server.

7. If you try to connect to LAN or non Lobby Reserved servers, the loading screen defaults, and you will get a black screen, however you should see in console what files are being downloaded, if console is enabled.
So you must see the actual campaign loading screen when connecting in order for this to work, however if you do get black screen,
It will no longer lock up on first file being downloaded, and clients will still connect, they just won't see progress bar.